Managing Partner, Attorney At Law
CurrentCORPORATE AND COMMERCIALWe advise on a full range of corporate and commercial matters, including:- company formation and management in Bulgaria- corporate governance issues and agency- director liability and director indemnification- shareholder rights – appraisal, decision, appointment and information rights- share capital increase including through in-kind contribution- distribution of dividends and maintenance of share capital- annual general meetings and review of annual report and accounts- all kinds for commercial contractsMERGERS AND ACQUISITIONSAdvising and acting for sellers, buyers and other foreign and local investors on all aspects of mergers and acquisitions in Bulgaria including:- legal due diligence for the buyer including review of all financial records plus anything else deemed material to the sale- performing due diligence on the buyer’s ability to purchase, as well as other items that would affect the purchased entity or the seller after the sale has been completed- structure of the transaction such as merger, asset acquisition, shares acquisition in limited liability company, stock acquisition in JSC etc.- negotiating and preparing the necessary documents for effecting the transformation- obtaining clearances from the relevant institutionsCOMPETITIONOur competition and regulatory practice advises on:- establishing and maintaining strategies for anti-trust compliance- concentrations of undertakings (mergers, acquisitions, takeovers) in the event of a merger or joining of two or more independent companies- competition litigation before domestic courts and proceedings before the Bulgarian Commission on Protection of CompetitionINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYWe have considerable experience in advising on:- the creation and enforcement of all kinds of intellectual property rights- patent applications, trademark registrations and industrial design registrations- opposition proceedings before all local and international authorities
